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FINEST GRADE 10 4.75 INCH REFLECTIVE MIDNIGHT BLUE MEGALODON TOOTH Peace River, Central Florida, U.S.A. MIOCENE to PLIOCENE PERIOD: 23.3 - 1.81 million years ago This INVESTMENT GRADE large fossil tooth is from the front of the jaws of a huge Megalodon shark! This spectacular specimen is loaded with so many features desired by advanced Megalodon tooth collectors. Teeth like these are getting certainly harder to come by in today's market. Current and increasing future demand will never be satisfied by the dwindling numbers of the truly top grade 10 specimens such as this beauty, hence their constantly increasing prices each year. Most unusual is the provenance of this tooth for its splendid GRADE 10 condition as most fossil teeth from the Peace River are in very poor condition! The appearance of this tooth looks as though it was fire-blued like the old Colt Peacemaker revolvers. Unique circumstances in the sediments created this highly reflective chatoyant enamel with a rich midnight blue hue. Hard to see in static photos, as you rotate the tooth in strong light, the color dances across the crown from dark indigo to light silver. The finely serrated edge also switches from dark to light blue as the tooth is moved in strong light. The enamel surface condition is superb with no peel or damaged areas. The bourlette is well-preserved and is a jet black color. The charcoal-colored root is also complete, well-preserved and compliments the blue and silver of the lustrous crown. Unlike many glossy teeth on the market, this tooth has NOT been clear-coated or sprayed with any chemical to get that luster. The tip and serrations are intact and very well represented as seen in the photos above. This is a unique and truly beautiful "top shelf" Megalodon tooth. Teeth like this with such unique features are the most desired by collectors. This specimen has absolutely NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION. Definitely, a tooth of a caliber rarely seen today with unique and highly aesthetic features. Megalodon teeth found in rivers are almost always heavily eroded and worn from the high energy environment in which they were subjected to. They usually have dull, sand-blasted enamel, peeling back from the core. The roots are often damaged and the color is almost always the boring, common black. This tooth is amongst THE FINEST Megalodon teeth with unique features in addition. While we strictly avoid teeth with restoration, Caveat emptor as several Megalodon teeth in dealers' inventories in this size class have SOME repair or restoration.
SUPER INVESTMENT GRADE TOOTH WITH STUNNING REFLECTIVE COLOR, PRESERVATION AND SIZE! 4.75" in length on the diagonal edge x 3" wide SOLD SH6-083 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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At a length of 52 feet
and weighing in excess of 60 tons, Carcharocles megalodon was the second
largest predator that ever existed on this planet, the largest being the
sperm whale. Megalodon was larger and heavier than T. rex.
Scientific reconstructions of this shark estimate the dorsal fin 5.5
feet tall, the pectoral fins at 10 feet in length and the tail over 12
feet high. If you were unfortunate enough to have a megalodon swim
over you, the pectoral fins would measure 30 feet from tip to tip with a
torso in excess of 10 feet thick! The jaws were so large that
this shark would be able to swallow a Rhinoceros whole. A
predator this size would have most likely fed on large marine
vertebrates, especially whales. Fossil teeth have been found in
excess of 7 inches in length! Megalodon teeth are similar in
geometry to the modern White Shark and scientists are still passionately
divided on the origin of the two species and if megalodon is related to
the modern white shark. It is also not fully understood why this
giant killer became extinct but we can all be glad it is. A day at
the beach just wouldn't be what it is today!